Alligators use bizarre and creepy ancient ritual to survive NCs arctic blast

[jpak]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article193602684.html

A North Carolina swamp park has posted a video explaining how alligators survive in a frozen pond, and it’s both creepy and bizarre.

The cold-blooded monsters essentially allow themselves to be frozen in place, with their noses just above the surface, according to a video posted on Facebook by Shallotte River Swamp Park in Ocean Isle Beach. That’s about 200 miles east of Charlotte.

What passersby see is noses and teeth – really big teeth – sticking out of the ice. The “alligators on ice” video received 45,000 views in its first 21 hours on Facebook.

“Just hanging out in the water,” said the narrator of the video. “Pretty amazing. … Look at those teeth. This is the time of year when they are just hanging out, waiting for it to get warm.”

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[lunasun]

1. Wow a sight to see. They do what they can to beat the freeze .. Join it !

[Leghorn21]

2. Most excellent and strange, j - sending around!! nt

[MLAA]

3. Now that is cool. Glad you shared it!

[Gothmog]

4. This is strange

[Still Blue in PDX]

5. Alligators are cool.

Is it any wonder that the song in my head now is "Everybody Loves Somebody" by Dean Martin?

Even alligators have their charms when docilely hanging out in a frozen swamp.